A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula — the first time this has been seen. As described in our latest press
That’s the Great Filter. Basically, no intelligent life can survive past a certain point because they end up offing themselves. Pretty much what we’re about to do ourselves.
It would be interesting if the answer to the Fermi paradox was that every advanced lifeform accidentally blows themselves up.
That’s the Great Filter. Basically, no intelligent life can survive past a certain point because they end up offing themselves. Pretty much what we’re about to do ourselves.
It doesn’t HAVE to be that intelligent life is its own doom, but it does seem increasingly likely.